The Bruins caught as a lot as historic previous on Saturday night on the Backyard and, on Sunday in Philadelphia, they’ve a possibility to make a number of of their very personal.
The B’s notched their 62nd win with a 2-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils, tying the 1995-96 Pink Wings and 2018-19 Lightning for a lot of wins inside the frequent season in NHL historic previous.
It was a completely entertaining potential preview of an Japanese Convention Ultimate. Late inside the sport, B’s followers even mustered a “We Need The Cup” chant.
Whereas every teams had been safely ensconced inside the playoffs, there was a whiff of playoff hockey inside the air. The Devils had a possibility to leapfrog the Carolina Hurricanes for first place inside the Metropolitan Division and thus stay away from a difficult first-round matchup with with cross-Hudson rival Rangers. The B’s, within the meantime had been attempting to tie the data for wins in a season.
And the B’s acquired right here out flying, taking a 2-1 lead in a main interval whereby that they’d a 22-10 shot profit.
They acquired it going after Brad Marchand pressured Ryan Graves to hold him on a dump-in, inserting the B’s on an early vitality play. This time, they didn’t fiddle spherical with the puck, creating fairly a number of prospects sooner than former Satan Pavel Zacha tipped home a Hampus Lindholm shot at 2:00.
The B’s saved the stress up and took a 2-0 lead merely 2:44 later. Zacha organize David Pastrnak for a one-timer nonetheless it went over the web and bounced out to the acceptable side. Goalie Mackenzie Blackwood was all spun spherical from the initially shot when Zacha backhanded his twentieth goal of the season off the netminder’s pads.
However along with the B’s carried out inside the first, the Devils confirmed off their quick strike performance to draw inside a goal. The Devils transitioned quickly off a blocked Pastrnak shot and the B’s acquired caught deep inside the offensive zone. On a 2-on-1, Jack Hughes was able to get his transfer earlier Charlie McAvoy and spring Jesper Bratt for a breakaway. Bratt made a fairly deke to his forehand and tucked it earlier Linus Ullmark’s outstretched correct pad at 6:21.
The Devils acquired right here close to tying it up early inside the second nonetheless an unimaginable sequence from Ullmark saved it a one-goal sport. Hughes, one of many essential ingenious youthful players inside the league, had a clan breakaway. Ullmark stopped Hughes’ first shot, his follow-up and Yegor Sharangovich’s third try.
Blackwood answered when Brandon Carlo despatched Pastrnak off on a transparent breakaway of his private and the Jersey netminder stopped every the preliminary shot and the rebound attempt.
The second interval was further even – photos had been 10-10 – nonetheless it went to third at 2-1.
The B’s wanted to kill off 3:45 of a McAvoy high-sticking penalty they often had been prepared to do that after which grind out the rest of the third to tie the file.
